ECAT Pre Engineering Mathematic MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 (Application of Trigonometry)

A circle passing through the vertices of any triangle is called ______

• In circle A
• Circum circle B
• Escribed circle C
• None of these D

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  B
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  D

An airplane flying at height of 300 meters above the ground passes vertically above another plane at an instant when the angle of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. Then the height of the lower plane from the ground is (in meters).

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The angle of elevation of the tops of two towers at the middle point of the line joining the foots of the tower are 60^οand 30^οrespectively. The the ratio of the heghts of the tower is

• 2 : 1 A
• 3 : 1 B
• 1 : 2 C
• 1 : 3 D

The law of sines can be used to solve oblique triangle when following information is given:

• Two angles and a side A
• Two sides and an angle opposite one of the given sides B
• Two sides and the angle between two sided C
• Option a and b D

A vertical pole is 8m high and the length of its shadow is 6m. The angle of elevation of the sun of the moment is

• 57𝜊 A
• -48𝜊 B
• 27𝜊 C
• 53𝜊 D

Ifθ= 60° then

• sinθ= 1/2 A
• tanθ= cot 30° B
• θ=π/4 C
• secθ= 4 D

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  B
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  C
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  D

If the flag-staff 6 meters high placed on the top of a tower. Makes the shadow 2√3 m on the ground, then the angle of elevation of the sun is

• 30^ο A
• 35^ο B
• 45^ο C
• 60^ο D

The towers each 120 meters high are 800 meters apart. The measure of the angle of elevation from the base of one tower to the top of the other is

• 12^𝜊 A
• 9^𝜊 B
• 7^𝜊 C
• -120^𝜊 D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  B
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  D

• The law of sines A
• The law of tangents B
• The pythagorus theorem C
• None of these D

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  B
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  D

If the angle of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 7, the triangle is

• Obtuse A
• Acute B
• Right angle C
• Isosceles D

If the elevation of the sun is 30°, then the length of the shadow cast by a tower of 150 ft height is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

If sided of𝜟ABC are 16,20,and 33, then the value of the greatests angle to

• 150𝜊 20' A
• 132𝜊 35' B
• 101𝜊 25' C
• 160𝜊 50' D

In-radius is denoted by

• r A
• η B
• r2 C
• R D

An observer on the top of a cliff 200 m above the sea level, observes the angles of depression of two ships on opposite sides of the cliff to be 45° and 30°, respectively. The distance between the ships if the line joining them points to the base of cliff is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

• R A
• 2R B
• r C
• 2r D

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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

If five triangles are constructed having sides of the lengths indicated below, the triangle that will NOT be a right triangle is

• 8, 15, 17 A
• 3, 4, 5 B
• 12, 15, 18 C
• 5, 12, 13 D

The upper 3/4 the portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan^-13/5 at a point in the horizontal plane through its foot and at a distance 40 m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is

• 20 m A
• 40 m B
• 60 m C
• 80 m D

If Cosθ=0, thenθ= ______

• nπ/2 A
• (2n + 1)π/2 B
• (2n - 1)π/2 C
• (4n + 1)π/2 D

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  B
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  C
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  D

A circle passing through the vertices of any triangle is called

• Circumcirle A
• Incircle B
• Escribed circle C
• Unit circle D

The angle AOP which the ray from an observer's eye at O to an object at P at a lower level makes with horizontal ray OA through O is called the

• Angle of depression A
• Angle of elevation B
• Acute angle C
• Obtuse angle D

The longer side of a parallelogram is 10 cm and the shorter is 6 cm. If the longer diagonal makes an angles 30° with the longer side, the length of the longer diagonal is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D